Paper pin-clip



Oct. 23, 1956 c. B. OVERBAUGH 2,767,450

PAPER PIN-CLIP Original Filed April 22, 1953 INVENTOR.

CHARLES B. OVERBAUGH BYWHITEHEAD a VOGL PER fia/x Qri'i/zw/ ATTORNEYSUnited States PatentOfiice 2,767,450 Patented Oct. 23,, 1956 PAPERPIN-CLIP Charles B. Overbangh, Denver, Colo.

Substituted for abandoned application Serial No. 350,359, April 22,1953. This application February 14, 1955, Serial No. 487,751

1 Claim. (CI. 24-67) This invention relates to paper-fastening devices,and more particularly to wire paper clips of the type which is adaptedto engage the edges of paper sheets laid together, and also to pinswhich are adapted to be inserted through the surfaces of paper sheetslaid together, an object of the invention being to provide an improvedpaper fastening device which combines, in its construction, the featuresof both a paper clip and a pin to form a paper pin-clip, as it ishereinafter called. This is a substitute for my application 350,359,abandoned.

Other objects of this invention are to provide a paper pin-clip which:(a) fastens the edges of paper sheets laid together by a combinedclipping and stapling action in a manner which prevents a paper sheetfrom slipping out of position; (b) provides a positive interlock whenfastened to the edges of paper sheets so that the clip cannot slip outof position; is especially adapted for fastening flimsy cloth to papersheets; and (d) is exceedingly simple in construction and provides alow-cost article adapted for a number of other uses.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, all of which more fullyhereinafter appear, my invention comprises certain novel constructions,combinations, and arrangements of parts and elements as hereinafterdescribed, and as defined in the appended claim, and illustrated, inpreferred embodiment, in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 illustrates one form of my improved paper pin-clip.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of two sheets of paperfastened together at the edges by the paper pin-clip illustrated at Fig.l, but with the clip shown on a smaller scale and with broken linesindicating parts hidden from View.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to Fig. 2, butshowing the two sheets of paper fastened together at a point inwardlyfrom the edges, and showing a slight modification of the construction ofthe paper pin-clip illustrated at Fig. 1.

Figure 4 is similar to Fig. l but shows an alternate form of my improvedpin-clip.

Figure 5 is similar to Fig. 2, but shows the paper fastened together atthe edges by the clip illustrated at Fig. 4. s

The most common devices for fastening paper sheets together include wirepaper clips and common pins. The paper clips are formed by a pluralityof loops of bent wire as fingers which are adapted to slide overopposite faces of the paper sheets to grip and hold the paper sheetstogether, while the pins are the conventional straight pointed pinsadapted to be inserted through the paper sheets successively at aplurality of points and thereby interlocked with the sheets. Each hascertain disadvantages in use. The paper clip has a tendency to becomeeasily loosened and papers will often slip out of the grip of the clipand be lost or misplaced, or the clip itself may drop off the sheets andbe lost. When pinned together, the papers will often become loosened ortear,

especially if pinned near the margin. Also the fastening of paperstogether by pins is unsightly. To overcome these objections, the presentinvention was conceived and developed, and comprises in essence, a paperpin-clip formed of bent wire having fingers adapted to slide overopposite faces of the paper to grip and hold the sheets together,combined with one or more point-sharpened fingers to provide aninsertion through the paper to insure the permanent desired positioningof the unit upon the sheets and positively connect and interlock thesheets together.

Referring to the drawing, and to the construction illustrated at Figs.1, 2, and 3, my improved pin-clip 10 is formed from a suitable length ofwire which is sharpened at the points 11. The wire is bent to provide asymmetrical unit having straight shanks 12 at each side thereof inspaced parallelism, which terminate as the points 11 at one end and asloops 13 at the opposite end. The loops 13 turn inwardly to the centerof the unit and extend together to form a tongue 14 which is between,and in spaced parallelism from and coplanar with, the shanks 12. Thetongue 14, which is composed of a length of wire bent upon itself, mayterminate as a blunt point 15, as shown at Figs. 1 and 2, or mayterminate as an eye 15, as at Fig. 3, or any other shape desired.

In use, this pin-clip 10 is engaged to the edges of sheets of paper 16with the shanks 12 at one side of the paper sheets and tongue 14 at theother side to provide an interlocking action in a manner similar to thatof a conventional paper clip. As the shanks 12 are positioned, they areinserted through the paper sheets by piercing as at 17 and thencethreaded again through the sheets, as at 18, when nearly positioned, allas clearly illustrated at Fig. 2. So threaded, the paper sheets 16 aresecurely held together and the clip is secured in position.

Where it is not desirable to mount the paper clip upon the edges of thesheets 16, the ciip 10 may be attached as at Fig. 3, where the shanks 12are shown threaded through the sheets 16 at a point below the edges ofthe sheets, as at 17' and 13.

As alternate construction of a pin-clip, 10a, as shown at Fig. 4 andFig. 5, employs a suitable length of wire having a point 11a, and isformed with a single central shank 12a which terminates as the point111: at one end, and folds over at the other end to form a side loop 19,thence transversely across the top of the clip as at 20, and thenceforms a second side loop 21 opposite the loop 19, but in the same planetherewith. This pin-clip 10a may be mounted upon the edges of sheets ofpaper 16, as shown at Fig. 5, with the shank 12a at one face of thesheets and the loops 19 and 21 at the opposite faces, and with the shank12a threaded through the sheets at 17a and 18a to provide a secure tightfastening.

Alternative and equivalent details of construction which are within thespirit and scope of my invention will occur to those skilled in the art;hence, it is my desire that my protection be limited, not to the detailsof construction herein illustrated and described, but only by the properscope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A paper pin-clip comprising a length of wire having a pointed end, andbeing folded with the wire lying in a flat plane to form a central shankat the pointed end portion of the wire, a loop at one side of the shankwith the wire extending to around the end of the shank portion and asecond loop at the side opposite the first loop, said loops formingfingered portions at each side of said shank and in the said flat plane.

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